right now at 11:00, the debt ceiling battle in washington is in countdown mode, ten days to go. a meeting tonight between congressional leaders and the president lasted just 75 minutes, and we'll show you what they agreed to do next. plus, thousands of college students across the state may have to pay far more than they planned for their education. we'll have a live report on that. plus -- >> when it comes to critic the, look at my son's before and after pictures. >> how long is too young for medical marijuana? tonight one mother's controversial decision to treat her son's condition with marijuana. the news starts right now.

>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. tonight president obama and members of congress promised to meet every day until they reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. and the president announced he plans to hold a press conference tomorrow morning at 8:00 our time. all that said, there is still no deal tonight. and time is of the essence with the august 2nd deadline looming to give the government authority to borrow more money, it seems both sides are farther apart than they were two days ago. brian mooar has a look at the developments this weekend from washington. >> reporter: the president and congressional leaders were at the same table, but far apart from saving uncle sam from a looming credit deadline. >> we need to. >> reporter: the bargaining session was over in 1:15, and the two sides said they would pick up again on monday. >> the good news is we agree on some of the big things.

>> reporter: president obama thought he and house speaker john boehner had an agreement to target $4 trillion in cuts. but saturday evening, the speaker abandoned that plan, saying it was just too ambitious, and couldn't pass. >> to get a big package would require a big tax increases in the middle of an economic situation that is extraordinarily difficult with 9.2% unemployment. it's a terrible idea. it's a job killer. >> reporter: democrats want to close some tax loopholes to offset the cuts. >> what is really appalling is to see our republican colleagues essentially providing a form of extortion. if you don't agree to deficit reduction the way we want it, we're going to put all these jobs at risk. >> reporter: uncle sam's credit rating may be at risk if congress fails to act soon. >> and if that happens, you're going to see catastrophic damage across the american economy and across the global economy. >> reporter: a critical meeting bringing together political leaders who remain far apart. brian mooar, nbc news,

washington. >> there are conflicting opinions, though, about what would happen if lawmakers missed that august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling. as you just heard, treasury secretary timothy geithner says it would be, quote, catastrophic to the economy, but many republicans disagree saying geithner is exaggerating the problems. either way, with each day closer the u.s. gets to that deadline, people across this country could start to feel an immediate impact on their wallets. >> if in fact this default should occur, even if it gets close to occurring, we then face the problem of interest rates going up. credit card interest rates will go up here as well as any place else. variable loans could go up quickly, especially if they're due to expire. >> and according to a gallup poll from may, nearly half of americans say they were opposed to raising the debt ceiling. only 19% were in favor of the idea. and 34% said they didn't know

enough about it to have an opinion at this point. the debt ceiling has been upped more than 40 times by the way since 1980. students at the university of california and california state campuses face the possibility of more tuition increases this week. that's because each of those schools saw a 20% cut in their budgets from the state, and students are now being asked to bear the burden. nbc bay area's monte francis is at uc berkeley with the new smeser is just a couple of weeks away. >> reporter: on thursday the board of regents will vote on a 10% tuition increase on top of an 8% increase that was approved last november. students are potentially facing an 18% increase in tuition and fees when they start class here next month. >> whose university? >> reporter: when tuition rises at berkeley university, so does the frustration level among students last year a 20% tuition

increase prompted protests and sit-ins. police made dozens of arrests. this past march, nine students stood on a ledge at wheeler hall and protested an 8% tuition increase this fall. now the cal campus is in a relaxed summer mode, but the realization is setting in that tuition costs could soar even higher in just a matter of days. >> going to affect my family, you know. i already don't get a lot of financial aid from the college. is this is just even more that's going to be coming out of my pocket. >> it's a really big burden on my family, especially since my parents are divorced, and my mom doesn't really work. >> reporter: uc undergraduate students were expecting to pay about $11,000 in tuition and fees for the fall semester. if this new hike is approved, the cost would go up by another thousand dollars, not including other costs such as room and board. at csu administrators are voting on a 12% tuition hike for undergraduates tuesday. that comes on top of a 10%

increase approved last fall. it would mean an extra $600 for student there's. this graduate student at uc berkeley says the reality is that students are paying more for less. >> we're getting e-mails every day about the things that are going to be cut in terms of our classes, teachers, and also services. and my general reaction is i guess for me, i'm going to try to finish school as quick as i can. >> reporter: and a uc spokesman did not want to go on camera tonight, but diane, here is an interesting note. for the first time in history, this fall the university of california is expected to take in more money from student tuition than it will from state funding. live in berkeley tonight, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. about 250 people on board a plane headed from san francisco direct to germany had to stop in chicago because of a threat. a crewmember reportedly found a threatening message on a sticker in the bathroom of the plane. a united spokesman says out of

an abundance of caution, the pilot landed in chicago around 1:00 this morning. everyone had to get off the plane, and security check the plane before everyone reboarded. we're told the flight took off and touched down in frankfurt without any problems. a construction worker is expected to spend a few days in the hospital after being burned by electrical wire while work agent the new transbay terminal project in san francisco. the accident happened yesterday afternoon on fremont street. work in the area has been suspended as investigators are trying to figure out whether the line was properly marked as live. construction is continuing, though, on the rest of the five-block project. the construction worker suffered second and third-degree burns. he is expected, though, to make a full recovery. and the final victim of that amtrak train crash in nevada has been identified. authorities identified the sixth victim, as 60-year-old barbara bell, a resident of the uk. the crash happened about 70 miles south of reno. the train was headed for emeryville when the big rig crashed into it.

the big rig driver was killed as well as the train conductor and four passengers. in india today people are searching for survivors after an express train derailed killing 67 people, and many more are still missing tonight. it's not yet known why the train jumped the tracks in northern india, but it appears the driver did apply the emergency brakes. meanwhile, investigators say a second train derailment hundreds of miles to the northeast was caused by a remote controlled bomb. that derailment injured another 100 people. it's not clear at this point if the two derailments are connected. and in russia, at least two people are dead and more than 100 others are missing and feared dead after a tourist boat sank in the volga river in western russia. dozens of children are among the missing tonight. around 80 people have been rescue, mote by another tourist boat that happened to pass by. one says two cargo ships passed by earlier and did not help. 188 people were believed to be on board the 56-year-old boat

the "bulgarian" when it sank during a thunderstorm. it was shuttling mostly russian tour is up the river from one town to another. the cause of the sink remains unclear, but they have opened a criminal case focusing on the age and condition of the bet. they also say it may have been overloaded at the time it sank. we have an update now on the holiday fishing boat accident in the sea of cortez one week ago. after another day of searching, the u.s. coast guard found no sign of seven fishermen still missing at sea. they were among the 44 people, many of them from the bay area, thrown into the water after the coast of baja when the boat they were in sank. today the coast guard air crew searched about 900 square miles while the mexican navy searched by boat. tomorrow divers from the u.s. navy are expected to search the submerged fishing boat for any bodies. and coming up, the message protesters in san francisco hope to send to bart by disrupting service tomorrow, and what it might mean for the commute. plus, what does the future

king of england do in los angeles? we'll show you how the royal couple spent the day in the golden state. and joe montana has some big plans for one bay area city with 49er ties. we'll show you what is standing in his way. and what could get in the way of your morning commute could be some misty skies or even some drizzle overnight. morning temperatures will be in the low 50s. but it's the afternoon temperatures in the seven-day forecast that will likely surprise you as we go through the week. we'll have a look at that when

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kingdom. this afternoon the newlyweds toured an art education center in downtown l.a., and later met up with 1700 veterans and their families at a job fair at sony studios. today's evens were in stark contrast to last night's mingling with a-list stars at the theater honoring 42 up and coming british filmmakers and actors last night. a group plans to converge on a bart platform tomorrow to try to disrupt service. the demonstration is in response to the killing of charles hill by two bart police officers at that station last weekend. the protesters are demanding the release of surveillance video of the shooting, and they say bart's police department should be dissolved, considering their record. hill's death marks the sixth officer-involved shooting in bart history. of course the most high profile killing was the shooting of oscar grant on new year's day in 2009. it's unclear exactly how the group intends to disrupt bart train service tomorrow, but it is possible it could impact the

morning commute as well. medical marijuana is used to treat dozens of ailments, and one mother says it helps her severely autistic son. in fact, she is convinced marijuana actually saved his life. nbc bay area's jessica aguirre takes a look at this unconventional and controversial treatment for an incurrable disease. >> reporter: plenty of parents give their kids chocolate. but this is not your typical chocolate bar. >> all done? give mommy a high-five? all right. >> reporter: miko perez is giving her severely autistic 12-year-old son joey chocolate laced with medical marijuana. >> when your son is knocking on death doors, there is nothing you won't do. it happened to be cannabis for our family. >> reporter: gesta perez didn't make the decision lightly. but this is what joey looked like two and a half years ago. he weighed just 42 pounds, a stark contrast of his current weight of 112 pounds. >> my son was absolutely widthering away. you could see the bones in his

chest. >> reporter: but out of desperation, she googled cannabis and autism, and realized she wasn't the only one who had made the connection. other parents and autism parents found success with medical marijuana has a treatment for autistic children. that's all she needed to take the next step and get a medical marijuana card for joey. the first time she gave him a pot brownie, she said she saw immediate results. >> everything improved. right now he is given one brownie every two to three days. the other medications he was taking every single day, twice a day. >> reporter: she says medical marijuana not only gave him a big appetite, which we saw for ourselves as he munched almost nonstop on a bag of chips during her interview, it also helped his behavior, she says. >> he was calm, sociable, happy, more productive. >> reporter: we called dozens of pediatricians, psychiatrists and autism experts looking for

someone who would be critical of her position. but no one wanted to tuck on camera. we finally found a stanford professor who is also on the american academy of pediatric substance abuse committee. and while he doesn't question parents' motives for using medical marijuana to treat autism, he is concerned. >> parents have their best interests of their kids at heart and they want to do what is best for their kids. but as a medical professional who really needs to lock at the science behind recommendations, i can't in good conscience recommend it. >> reporter: jessica aguirre, nbc bay area news. the u.s. women's soccer team pulled off a win today in the world cup. the mideast sports writers tonight are calling one of the all-time greatest sports wins ever. the u.s. women's soccer team tied up the game with a spectacular goal and sent the game to penalty kicks. it was the quarterfinal game in

the world cup against one of soccer's powerhouses, brazil. it was filled with controversial referee calls. a retake and penalty kick, and even a goal by brazil in its own net to give the u.s. its first goal. in the end, usa won with penalty kicks on the 12-year anniversary of brandi chastain's famous penalty kick win in the 1999 world cup game. and we spoke with people tonight from the bay area breeze soccer game, a professional women's team in the east bay. they say this win brings women's soccer to a whole new level. >> people are now realizing that soccer is exciting, and it's a big deal. it's fun to watch. and even just walking around, you can hear people talking about the game today, people who don't even watch soccer normally. so it's great to see. >> i was just complaining that women's soccer wasn't as exciting as men's, and i was proven wrong. >> oh, yes you were. usa takes on france in the semifinal on wednesday, while japan takes on sweden. and don't forget, you can watch that gym at 9:00 a.m. at city

hall in san francisco on a giant outdoor screen with other soccer fans going crazy. all right. want to check in with mr. rob mayeda on the weather. rob, it was an incredible game, and it kept looking like the u.s. was going to lose it. they had to play with one fewer player and all that stuff and still came through. >> maybe the best pass and head they're you could see the two coming together there to tie up the game. >> absolutely. >> just outstanding. let's show you what we had around the bay area today. in fact we had some pretty good breezes out around the bay. and that is just typical we get this time of year. take your pick. you go wind surfing or kite surfing there in the distance. take a ferry out and check out alcatraz in the distance. we had enough wind this afternoon to get the kite surfers pretty happy, moving around there in groups. wind speeds right now around the bay area. well still have the ocean air conditioning pushing inland. low clouds very likely to reach our east bay valleys once again. mainly 50s and low 60s outside at this hour. as we head towards tomorrow morning, we will see the

temperatures in the low 50s with some areas of drizzle. now good news with air quality. again, as the sea breeze stays strong, air quality just fine for tomorrow. notice today we did get the low clouds briefly to break up on the coast. we had some north winds coming down the coastline, which during the afternoon at least helped to clear things out. but now what we're starting to see is this bank of low clouds, once again surging to the coastline there is a good bet if you're around the peninsula or the coast tomorrow morning, you could have mr. drizzle come down heavy enough to maybe get the windshield wipers going. don't be too surprised by that if you find some for the morning commute. in terms of the temperatures, thanks to the dip in the jet stream just to the north, we're going to see systems going along for the ride, moving by northern california, which will reinforce the colder air coming off the ocean. so the seven-day forecast is not going to look much like july. especially for inland valleys. tomorrow morning low clouds and some misty skies. we'll see temperatures again in the 50s. clearing at least inland. but i think the fog is going to be sticking around for the coast. we'll see highs on the coast,

high temperatures inland pretty much what we had today. some 80s further inland. but 70s for san jose. an unusual seven-day forecast for inland valleys. san jose's highs wednesday could be in the low 70s with some patchy low clouds. and as we head towards next week, summer comes back and we should see 80s and 90s. >> almost chilly in that forecast. >> it will seem very cool. >> thank you very much, rob. coming up next at 11:00, an unusual alliance between teenagers and homeowners in the makeover project they tackled together in the south bay. plus -- >> geanes good evening, i'm laurence scott. we take a look at the giants all stars. plus classics we've had here in the bay area. and we talk to a pair of oakland natives helping out kids in the east bay during this informal

lockout. that and more coming up on

"sports sunday." from hostel graffiti to works of art, teens from the project paint murals on residential fences in san jose this afternoon. the group joined forces with homeowners to replace graffiti with messages of hope. they plan to do the same thing next weekend, and they say the weekend after that. all right. coming up next, joe montana could be teaming up with the niners again, but it's not

exactly what you might think. we'll show you. the legendary joe montana plans to hang out in the bay area this tuesday. montana wants to build an entertainment complex next to the proposed site of the 49ers

football stadium in santa clara. he is expected to present his proposal of a luxury hotel, sports bar, and upscale restaurant to the santa clara city council on tuesday. but montana's star power is not swaying santa clara city manager. she put out a memo on friday request.ing the council deny she said others should have a chance to bid on the city-owned land. thanks for watching nbc bay area news at 11:00. "sports sunday" is coming up next. laurence scott takes a look

the japanese media's following of hideki matsui. good night. and now an nbc bay area editorial. >> last we checked, politicians work for us. so why is sacramento preventing them from opening their calendars? what is there to hide? i'm suzanne shaw. from president obama to governor brown, elected and appointed officials often publish their appointment schedules.

california's senate and assembly actually forbid open calendars, arguing privacy, security, and legislative privilege override our right to know. we disagree. the legislature's own rules say access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business by the legislature is a fundamental and necessary right. this is about influence. closed calendars provide no transparency, who gets time with the very politicians who write our laws and divvy up our tax dollars. we join "the mercury news" and others in demanding openness in lawmakers' calendars. tell what's you think. nbceditorials.com. the all-star break is here and the bay area will be represented by some of the best

arms in the game. well take a look back at when the festivities were here at at&t park, candlestick and the coliseum, which welcomes an influx of japanese media on a daily basis. plus, we sit down with a pir of oakland natives. "sports sunday" gets shaking right now. >> good evening. i'm laurence scott. welcome to week 4 of a new format here on "sports sunday" with a focus on conversations and feature stories to chronicle our bay area sports scene. we're going beyond sound bites to bring you complete thoughts. and we start week four with the four giants pitcher selected to take part in the all-star game festivities in arizona this week. the game is tuesday. tim lincecum, matt cain, brian wilson and matt